Gov’s award for best program Against rabies dangles P200K
THE program that truly bites at the threat of rabies moves on as the Govenor’s Award for best performing anti-rabies councils is dangled as a bait.
P200 thousand is at stake for the 10 best performing councils, revealed Dr. Stella Marie Lapiz, adding that the inter-agency and multisectoral Screening Commitee begins a series of conferences to finalize the awards.
This Friday, the committee meets at the office of the Provincial Veterinarian to deliberate on the mechanics as well as initially evaluate the municipal and barangay council nominees.
Considered as one of the world’s most successful rabies prevention and eradication program so far, the Bohol program leans on the effective mobilization of communities as major stakeholders in the program.
Gov. Edgar Chatto, through the provincial government of Bohol has earmarked counterpart funds to allow the barangay based councils to register and vaccinate registered dogs in a bid to thoroughly account for the dog population and potentailly arrest rabies. (PIA-Bohol)
